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though officers from one service can be transferred to 
the other. An amalgamation scheme is under consider- 
ation. 
The local organizations are the sanitary authorities 
for the various cities, towns and villages, and the 
Labour Department for estates and mines. 
The health advisers to the cities of Singapore and 
Penang are the Municipal Health Officers, the advisers 
to the other towns and villages and to the Labour 
Department are the Government Health Officers. 
Where considered necessary special boards are 
appointed by Government to deal with special subjects. 
In the Federated Malay States boards have been formed 
for malaria prevention, infant welfare and public 
health education. 
The European Staff’s of the Medical Departments. 
The European staffs of the different Medical 
Departments are as follows: — 
Straits Settlements. 
The Principal Civil Medical Officer 
The Chief Health Officer and six health officers 
3 Chief Medical Officers and 17 medical 
officers 
2 Surgeons 
2 Pathologists 
The Superintendent of the Mental Hospital. 
Federated Malay States. 
The Principal Medical Officer 
The Director of Government Laboratories and 
his staff consisting of a bacteriologist, a 
pathologist, a malaria research officer and 
three chemists. 
